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Aikey Wins Fifth of Season At Farley Speedway; Barker Wins for Eighth Time
The NASCAR Weekly Racing Series presented by Dodge was back in action at the Farley Speedway on East Dubuque Savings Bank and Choo Choo Charlies Kid night on Friday night July 12th.
Jeff Aikey recorded his fifth Iowa Illinois Taylor Insulation NASCAR Late Model feature win in the 25 lap main event. Aikey started 11th in the main event and was able to put his car anywhere he wanted on the smooth fast high banked ½ mile dirt track. Aikey was running second when a caution bunched the field. Aikey was able to overtake race leader Dave Eckrich shortly after the restart and then went on to build a comfortable margin. At the checkers it was Dave Eckrich following Aikey under the checkers. Josh McGowan turned in another consistent top five finish with a third ahead of Bobby Hansen.
The Quarter Master Modified feature saw Ron Barker take another win, making his win total an incredible eight wins in the 2002 season. Barker worked to the front using both the low and high grooves from his fifth row start. Barker and Jed Hurst had quite a battle for the lead before Barker was able to slip by and take command. Hurst ran a strong second ahead of Larry Herring.
The Pro Stock Feature event was won by a first time visitor to the Farley Speedway victory lane on Friday night. John Maher recently turned around a tough luck season with a win at the West Liberty Raceway, his good fortunes continued on Friday night with a win at Farley. Maher led the race flag to flag taking the win ahead of Jeff Tharp and Ty Kleiner.
Jerry Merkes recently broke a dry spell of over a year with a win at Farley in the NASCAR Hobby Stock division. Friday night Merkes won his second feature in three weeks along with a second place finish. Merkes came from the sixth row and overtook leader Ed McIntyre on the 8th lap on his way to the win. McIntyre took second ahead of Larry Benn.
Jason Roth drove his Toyota to his fifth win of the season in the growing Farley Flyer division. 24 cars took the green for the ten lap feature on Friday night. Roth threaded his way to the front from a 11th starting position to take the checkers ahead of Mark Jaeger.
The Farley Speedway ran their first full night of racing under the all new MUSCO lighting system on Friday night. Drivers and fans alike gave rave reviews in regards to the illumination of the entire facility.
The Farley Speedway is now set to host the two biggest days of racing for the summer on Friday and Saturday, July 19th and 20th. Friday night the Northern All Stars Late Models will run a complete program being headlined by a 50 lap feature with $7,000 going to the winner. Saturday the 20th the Renegade Dirt Car Series will run a full show with $10,000 going to the winner. The best dirt track Late Model drivers form the Eastern half of the country will be on hand to battle the best of the Midwest. Drivers like Mike Balzano, Chub Frank, Steve Shaver, Davey Johnson, Billy Moyer, Brian Birkhofer, Ray Guss Jr., Steve Boley, Bob Pierce and Sahnnon Babb are just a few of the stars of Late Model racing that are expected to compete. Both nights action will get underway at 7 p.m.
7/12/02 Farley Speedway Race Results
Farley Flyers
Heat 1.
7K Travis Kaiser-Dyersville 68 Steve Stackis-Dubuque Heat 2
Feature
1. 31 Roth 2. 99.3 Jaeger 3. 91 Jim Thompson-Delhi 4. 38S R.J. Simon-Farley 5. 14 Benn 6. 7K Kaiser 7. 17 Randy Leehan-Apple River, IL 8. 68 Stackis 9. 17X Joel Steinman-Brodhead, WI 10. 66 Tony Brimeyer-Dubuque 11. 00X Ryan Simon-Farley 12. 79 Cliff Schanbeck-Delaware 13. 8 Sarazin 14. 01 Damien Miller-Dubuque 15. 21k Danny Kennedy-Dubuque 16. 71 Adam Wills-Hazel Green, WI 17. 75 Chad Naderman-Farley 18. 1K Tim Koppes-Cascade 19. 95 Marty McNabb-Maquoketa 20. 131 Chris Roth-Cuba City, WI 21. 69 Becky Roth-Cuba City, WI 22. 1t Mark Thul-Dubuque 23. 00 John Flury-Epworth 24. 21 Randy Madigan-Dubuque
NASCAR Hobby Stocks
Heat 1
1. 8K Jerry Merkes-Farley 2. 28 Ed McIntyre-Delhi 3. 98 Jason Rauen-Farley
Heat 2
1. 13 Larry Benn-Dyersville 2. 18 Danny Young-Anamosa 3. 38 . T.J. Leslein-Durango
Feature 1. 8K Merkes 2. 28 McIntyre 3. 13 Benn 4. 38 Leslein 5. 33 Jim Turpin-Shullsburg, WI 6. 44S B.J. Schmidt-Dubuque 7. 97 Steve Dunkel-Worthington 8. 18 Young 9. 44 Kory Haverly-Anamosa. 10. 23 Dennis Etten-Wyoming 11. 73L Jason Laue-Freeport, IL 12. 5 Norb Ahlers-Earlville 13. 89 Kelly Welter-Dubuque 14. B4JR. Brian Dirks-Anamosa 15. 59 Mike Hughes-Galena, IL 16. 98 Rauen 17. 26 Tom Darrow-Monticello
NASCAR Pro Stocks
Heat 1 1. 69 John Maher-West Branch 2. 20 Ty Kleiner-Potosi, WI 3. 22 Jeff valentine-Dubuque
Heat 2
1. 35 Jim Brokus-Dubuque 2. 16 Dan Shelliam-Hazel Green, WI 3. 2k Jeff Kennedy-Dubuque
Feature 1. 69 Maher 2. 12 Jeff Tharp-Dubuque 3. 20 Kleiner 4. 16 Dan Shelliam-Hazel Green, WI 5. 22 Valentine 6. 35 Brokus 7. 2K Kennedy 8. 1 John Walker-Cedar Rapids 9. 23 Jim Amos-Peosta 10. 97 Jeff Reinert-Dyersville
Quarter Master Modifieds
Heat 1
1. 10 Jed Hurst-Hazel Green 2. 37 B Ron Barker-Dubuque 3. 3 Jason Schuller-Dubuque
Heat 2
1. 24 Randy Less-Hopkinton 2. 74 Scott Nesteby-Dubuque 3. 96 Larry Herring-Lone Tree
Feature
1. 37B Barker 2. 10 Hurst 3. 96 Herring 4. 3 Schueller 5. 74 Nesteby 6. 33 Jim Burbridge-Delhi 7. B3 Russ Olson-Cedar Rapids 8. 39 Bob Bollon-Freeport, IL 9. 00 Josh Vinnedge-Forreston, IL 10. 27 Mark Schulte-Delhi 11. 24 Less 12. 33 Steve Wetter-Platteville, WI 13. 17 Bill Flannagan-Cedar Rapids 14. 1D Mel Saffran-Dubuque 15. 24 Jan Messer-Manchester 16. 57 Ryan Naab-Dubuque
Iowa Illinois Taylor Insulation NASCAR Late Models
Heat 1
Heat 2
Feature
Farley Speedway 7/12/02 By: Jerry Mackey |
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